Sun Valley 2013

The day we left for Sun Valley, happened to be Valentine’s Day! The week leading up to our trip, Boyd and I baked, decorated, and made Valentine’s to take to everyone. It was so much fun getting ready to go! Boyd even got a little Valentine time from us: a couple cookies, and a Curious George Valentine book.  Everyone was able to come to Sun Valley with the exception of Nate, who is serving a mission in California, and Grayson. And we had the best addition to the group this year too, Claire!! It was the first time that we had met her and I was probably more excited to see her than anything or anyone else!! The first night we were there I even got some good quality one on one time with her!! I knew that was going to be hard to get to I snatched it up while I could!

Friday nearly everyone went skiing, or I guess the people who usually go skiing. Even Boyd got a to go to ski school and was gone almost all day. He had such a great time and did a good job! His lesson ended at 3 and the rest of the skiers met him up at dollar mountain to take a few runs with him. He was so thrilled to ski with his Dad, PopPop and aunts and uncles. Later that night we bowled and went swimming. It was great to be able to do a couple of activities that everyone participated in. Even Claire came bowling! Brewer didn’t end up liking the pool as much as I thought he would, but it was probably because it was dark and he was tired.

Saturday was much like Friday, Boyd got to do another day at ski school, and I even got to squeeze some skate skiing in on Sun Valley’s track. After skiing we all opted to go to the pool, while it was light, and Brewer had a blast! He loved floating on his back and he even made some new friends, but that doesn’t really surprise us. Wherever we go, everyone loves Brewer! In between all the activities the girls puzzled and made little lanterns. The boys watched sports and talked sports. I’m always glad when Phil has someone to talk sports with, they are few and far between in the valley.

Sunday we went to church and then as tradition holds went sledding at the hill across the street from our condos. It was pretty entertaining and Brewer was even able to squeeze his nap in. We also snapped a picture spelling “Hi NATE” while we were out on the hill. Sunday we also finally took both boys to go feed the ducks and swans. Boyd was delighted and Brewer was pretty captivated by those little creatures that were very friendly! Later that night we played a fun game of “Let’s Make a Deal” put together by Phil’s Mom. It was filled with plenty of laughter, good memories, and a haunting bear puzzle (that should be burned). Even a wall sit contest some how managed to work its way into the evening. It was pretty memorable.

Again, keeping with tradition, Monday we took pictures in front the Sun Valley sun and headed out to ice skate. Before coming to Sun Valley, Boyd was so excited to go ice skating, along with everything, because he was SURE he was going to be better this year, “I was TERRIBLE last year!” He’s such a funny kid. And it turned out that he wasn’t any better. Boyd is pretty athletic and coordinated, but I guess ice skating isn’t a sport he’ll be mastering.